Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
HP earnings fall on weakness in printers, PCs, by Don Clark
Beyond the oil-industry bloodbath, by Bradley Olson
Bloomberg
Google gives publishers what Facebook, Apple haven’t: a paywall, by Gerry Smith
Apple’s Cook says unlocking iPhone would be ‘bad for America,’ by Dina Bass
The Associated Press
Judge: NYC can fine chains that don’t post salt warnings, by Jake Pearson
Apple: Congress, not courts, must decide, by Tami Abdollah
Reuters
Airbus CEO against Honeywell’s merger with United Technologies, by Greg Roumeliotis
Fed’s Kaplan says does not expect U.S. to enter recession this year, by Lindsay Dunsmuir
Quartz
Target is trying to be Amazon Prime, and it’s working, by Chase Purdy
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt to pick up the pace of its launches, starting today, by Tim Fernholz
News about business journalism:
BuzzFeed names deputy biz editor, senior biz reporter
Business Insider executive editor Yarow leaves
CNNMoney.com sets traffic records in January
USA Today tech columnist gets hacked during flight
International Biz Times names Crowley editor of UK edition
This date in business journalism history:
2008: The biz media hates the market
2007: The best magazines ever
Business journalism birthdays:
Feb. 25: Hayley Ringle with Phoenix Business Journal